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yards
(encz) | yards,yardy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
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yardstick
(mass) | yardstick
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savoyards
(encz) | Savoyards, |
the whole nine yards
(encz) | the whole nine yards,celé [fráz.] Ivan Masárthe whole nine yards,úplné [fráz.] Ivan Masár |
vineyards
(encz) | vineyards,vinice pl. Zdeněk Brož |
yardstick
(encz) | yardstick,měřítko n: Zdeněk Brož |
yardsticks
(encz) | yardsticks,měřítka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Throat halyards
(gcide) | Throat \Throat\ (thr[=o]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote,
[thorn]rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. &
D. stort. Cf. Throttle.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the
vertebral column.
(b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and
lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the
fauces.
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I can vent clamor from my throat. --Shak.
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2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as,
the throat of a pitcher or vase.
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3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or
portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and
the flue. --Gwilt.
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4. (Naut.)
(a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a
staysail.
(b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
(c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the
shank. --Totten.
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5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
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6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of
the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
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Throat brails (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to
the mast.
Throat halyards (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of
the gaff.
Throat pipe (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea.
To give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one pointedly
of lying abominably.
To lie in one's throat, to lie flatly or abominably.
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To lower the yards a-portoise
(gcide) | Portoise \Por"toise\, n. [Perhaps fr. OF. porteis portative,
portable.] (Naut.)
The gunwale of a ship.
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To lower the yards a-portoise, to lower them to the
gunwale.
To ride a portoise, to ride an anchor with the lower yards
and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.
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To man the yards
(gcide) | Man \Man\ (m[a^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manned (m[a^]nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Manning.]
1. To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or
complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or
the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
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See how the surly Warwick mans the wall ! --Shak.
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They man their boats, and all their young men arm.
--Waller.
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2. To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for
efficiency; to fortify. "Theodosius having manned his soul
with proper reflections." --Addison.
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3. To tame, as a hawk. [R.] --Shak.
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4. To furnish with a servant or servants. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. To wait on as a manservant. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Note: In "Othello," V. ii. 270, the meaning is uncertain,
being, perhaps: To point, to aim, or to manage.
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To man a yard (Naut.), to send men upon a yard, as for
furling or reefing a sail.
To man the yards (Naut.), to station men on the yards as a
salute or mark of respect.
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To point the yards
(gcide) | Point \Point\ (point), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pointed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pointing.] [Cf. F. pointer. See Point, n.]
1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or
file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil.
Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.
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2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at
a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.
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3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.
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Whosoever should be guided through his battles by
Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope.
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4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to
point a composition.
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5. To mark (a text, as in Arabic or Hebrew) with {vowel
points}; -- also called vocalize.
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6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a
special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the
error was pointed out. --Pope.
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He points it, however, by no deviation from his
straightforward manner of speech. --Dickens.
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7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.
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8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by
introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it
to a smooth surface.
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9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
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To point a rope (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the
end by interweaving the nettles.
To point a sail (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet
holes of the reefs.
To point off, to divide into periods or groups, or to
separate, by pointing, as figures.
To point the yards (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so
that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten.
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Yardstick
(gcide) | Yardstick \Yard"stick`\ (y[aum]rd"st[i^]k`), n.
A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure
of distance, cloth, etc.
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440 yards
(wn) | 440 yards
n 1: a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile [syn:
quarter mile, 440 yards] |
880 yards
(wn) | 880 yards
n 1: a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile [syn: half mile,
880 yards] |
yardstick
(wn) | yardstick
n 1: a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of
yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
2: a ruler or tape that is three feet long [syn: yardstick,
yard measure] |
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